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George Douglas (''c''. 1540– 1587) was one of the
Eighty-five martyrs of England and Wales The Eighty-five Martyrs of England and Wales, also known as George Haydock and Eighty-four Companion Martyrs, are a group of men who were executed on charges of treason and related offences in the Kingdom of England between 1584 and 1679. Of the e ...
.


Life

Born in
Edinburgh Edinburgh is the capital city of Scotland and one of its 32 Council areas of Scotland, council areas. The city is located in southeast Scotland and is bounded to the north by the Firth of Forth and to the south by the Pentland Hills. Edinburgh ...
, he was originally a teacher by profession. His family were from Bonjedward near
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in the Scottish Borders. Converting to
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, he travelled to France around 1556 where he was
ordained Ordination is the process by which individuals are Consecration in Christianity, consecrated, that is, set apart and elevated from the laity class to the clergy, who are thus then authorized (usually by the religious denomination, denominationa ...
a secular priest in Notre Dame, Paris, in 1574 - possibly at the testimonial of
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. Returning to the north of England, he was a priest in
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, where it seems he was 'apparelled in course canvas dublit and hose,' and in the
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as well. Captured and found guilty in
York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
of 'persuading the Queen's subjects away' from
Protestantism Protestantism is a branch of Christianity that emphasizes Justification (theology), justification of sinners Sola fide, through faith alone, the teaching that Salvation in Christianity, salvation comes by unmerited Grace in Christianity, divin ...
, he was
hung, drawn and quartered To be hanged, drawn and quartered was a method of torture, torturous capital punishment used principally to execute men convicted of High treason in the United Kingdom, high treason in medieval and early modern Britain and Ireland. The convi ...
at
York York is a cathedral city in North Yorkshire, England, with Roman Britain, Roman origins, sited at the confluence of the rivers River Ouse, Yorkshire, Ouse and River Foss, Foss. It has many historic buildings and other structures, such as a Yor ...
on 9 September 1587. He was
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by
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on 22 November 1987.


See also

*
Patrick Hamilton (martyr) Patrick Hamilton (1504 – 29 February 1528) was a Scotland, Scottish Roman Catholic priest and an early Protestant Protestant Reformation, Reformer in Scotland. He travelled to Europe, where he met several of the leading reformed thinkers, b ...
*
George Wishart George Wishart (also Wisehart; c. 15131 March 1546) was a Scottish Protestant Reformer and one of the early Protestant martyrs burned at the stake as a heretic. George Wishart was the son of James and brother of Sir John of Pitarrow ...
*
List of Protestant martyrs of the Scottish Reformation Two people were executed under heresy laws during the reign of James I of Scotland, James I (1406–1437). Protestants were then executed during persecutions against Protestant religious reformers for their Christian denomination#Protestant Re ...
* Saint John Ogilvie *
Forty Martyrs of England and Wales The Forty Martyrs of England and Wales or Cuthbert Mayne and Thirty-Nine Companion Martyrs are a group of Catholic Church, Catholic, lay and religious, men and women, executed between 1535 and 1679 for treason and related offences under variou ...
*
List of Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation The Catholic martyrs of the English Reformation are men and women executed under treason legislation in the English Reformation, between 1534 and 1680, and recognised as martyrs by the Catholic Church. Though consequences of the English Ref ...
* John Black (martyr) * William Gibson (martyr) * John Ingram (martyr) *
Patrick Primrose __NOTOC__ Patrick Primrose Dominican Order, OP (c. 1605–1671) was a Scottish people, Scottish Dominican Order, Dominican priest of the Roman Catholic Church, Scottish Vicar General, and royal chaplain to Queen Catherine of Braganza, who died in ...
* Hugh Barclay of Ladyland, David Graham, Laird of Fintry, Spanish blanks plot * Alexander Cameron (priest)


References

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